That gave Natalie and I a chance to talk. We only had one more day before we reached Wellington. Our plan for the day was to drive down to Palmersto... North, where friends of their family, owned the Fitzherbert Motor Lodge.It set me thinking about what was going to happen when we got there. I had said that I didn’t have a girlfriend, and strictly speaking that was correct. But there was a young lady that I had been making some passes at. She worked in the office at Air New Zealand and. ’ ‘OK, if I pull out the best outfit, will you promise not to hit me up for any more details? I asked. ‘Depends,’ she said. ‘I can’t guarantee anything.’ I pulled the black corset out of my lingerie drawer. ‘This, was the hottest time ever,’ I said. I reached up onto a shelf in my closet and pulled down the box that I sent the cuffs back home in, ripped it open and said, ‘And these were the accessories.’ Greta’s eyes bulged. Her mouth gaped open. She picked up one of the cuffs, caressed the. But I'm not taking off anything more." How much?" I asked.She looked at me and sized me up. I think she could tell there wasn't much to squeeze from this turnip. "Twenty."I knew I had one twenty in my wallet. I was incapable of considering any long term ramifications even if it meant I was going to starve. I quickly pulled out my wallet and handed her the twenty which left a couple of lonely ones.She watched and smiled knowing she had cleaned me out. When she stepped from the bottoms and I. I was still bothered by the obvious thing Thia had done with Gray without telling me. “So why didn’t you tell me Mikah’s partner was killed at the same time she lost her leg. Mikah’s partner’s husband found me the other night.”“I didn’t want you to go off half cocked, and get yourself killed. “Did officer Alvarez tell you how it happened,” I shook my head. “Mikah was doing an explosives search, when some bastard detonated it. It was a SBI search, so now you know it all.I managed a kiss goodbye.